A scene from Before Midnight 2013
Céline

If we were meeting for the first time today on a train, would you find me attractive?

Jesse

Of course.

Céline

No, but really, right now as I am? Would you start talking to me? Would you ask me to get off the train with you?

Jesse

[Both laugh]

Well, I mean, you're asking a theoretical question. I mean, what would my life situation be? I mean technically, wouldn't I be cheating on you?

Céline

Okay. Why can't you just say "yes"?

Jesse

No, I did. I said, "of course"! That was -

Céline

No-no-no! I wanted you to say something romantic and you blew it.

Jesse

Oh, okay. Alright, wait - if I saw you on a train, okay, listen. I would lock eyes with you.

Céline

Uh-huh.

Jesse

And then I'd walk right up to you and I'd say, "Hey, baby. You are making me as horny as a billy goat in a briar patch."

Céline

[He grabs her butt.]

Stop it, that's disgusting! Billy goat. No, the truth is, you failed the test. And the fact is, you would not pick me up on a train. You wouldn't even notice me, a fat-assed middle-aged mom, losing her hair.

Jesse

Okay. [Laughing] Losing her hair?

Céline

Yeah, that's me!

Jesse

You set me up to fail. Honestly, you did.

Céline

Okay, true. True.

Jesse

Alright? Alright? But in the real world, baldy, on game day when it mattered, I did talk to you on a train. I did that, it was the best thing I ever did.

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